Table 3-1b. U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to For-Hire Transportation Services
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Table 3-1b. U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Attributed to For-Hire Transportation Services
| (Chained 1996 $ billions) | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total GDP | 6,707.9 | 6,676.4 | 6,880.0 | 7,062.6 | 7,347.7 | 7,543.8 | 7,813.2 | 8,144.8 | 8,495.7 |
| GDP | |||||||||
| Trucking and warehousing | 68.1 | 71.6 | 75.7 | 79.1 | 85.3 | 86.6 | 92.1 | 97.5 | 96.6 |
| Air | 46.9 | 45.0 | 49.2 | 51.9 | 59.6 | 62.9 | 70.8 | 75.5 | 78.1 |
| Railroad | 18.1 | 20.9 | 20.8 | 21.0 | 22.1 | 22.7 | 23.4 | 23.0 | 22.7 |
| Transportation servicesaR | 19.5 | 19.8 | 19.6 | 20.4 | 22.1 | 23.4 | 25.7 | 26.3 | 28.7 |
| Local and interurban | |||||||||
| passenger transit | 12.8 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 13.2 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.3 |
| Water | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 13.4 |
| Pipelines, except natural gas | 5.7 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 6.4 | 6.9 |
| Total | 180.6 | 185.9 | 193.6 | 201.2 | 218.6 | 225.1 | 243.4 | 256.8 | 261.6 |
| % of GDP | |||||||||
| Trucking and warehousing | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Air | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
| Railroad | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Transportation servicesa | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Local and interurban | |||||||||
| passenger transit | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Water | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Pipelines, except natural gas | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Total | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
| % of for-hire transportation | |||||||||
| Trucking and warehousing | 37.7 | 38.5 | 39.1 | 39.3 | 39.0 | 38.5 | 37.8 | 38.0 | 36.9 |
| Air | 26.0 | 24.2 | 25.4 | 25.8 | 27.3 | 27.9 | 29.1 | 29.4 | 29.9 |
| Railroad | 10.0 | 11.2 | 10.7 | 10.4 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 8.7 |
| Transportation servicesa | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 11.0 |
| Local and interurban | |||||||||
| passenger transit | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| Water | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| Pipelines, except natural gas | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.6 |
| Total | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
KEY: R = revised.
a Defined as services incidental to transportation such as forwarding and packing and arranging passenger travel and freight transportation.
NOTE: For-hire transportation numbers may not equal total due to the nature of the chained dollar calculations.
SOURCE: 1990-98: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Survey of Current Business (Washington, DC: June 2000), table 6.